boylike
Example Sentences
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Its lure is the image of girls kicking ass, being boylike.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was all so boylike, so unexpected there in the heart of the wilderness, that I quite forgot that I wanted the lynx's skin.
From Ways of Wood Folk by Copeland, Charles
They were evidently much interested in its contents, for neither noticed the entrance of Rob Jones, nor were they conscious of his presence until he, boylike, gave them both simultaneously a thump on the back.
From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by Copus, John E.
His imagination, boylike, was aghast at the unknown.
From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo
Indeed, boylike he immediately showed much more concern over a possible injury to his motorcycle than he gave any thought to himself.
From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph